DBS bullish on KepLand and UOL

We believe stocks are currently priced for a slowdown but not a recession. Our strategy would be to adopt a stock picking strategy in the property sector. Within the office segment, office landlords are trading in excess of -1 standard deviation to historical RNAV discount while S-Reits are trading at less than 1 SD to the long-term yield.

We believe office stocks have more than priced in the muted outlook and valuations appear attractive currently. While we have widened target price (TP) discounts and lowered TP for landlords given the higher risks going forward, upside to our TP remains significant.

Our top picks remains Keppel Land and UOL. Keppel Land is currently trading at 46 per cent discount to RNAV of $5.57 and offers 40 per cent upside to our lowered TP of $4.18.

We remain positive on UOL, thanks to its multiple growth engines that spans commercial, residential as well as hospitality. Our TP of $4.96, based on a wider 20 per cent discount, offers 9 per cent upside. We have lowered our call on Singland to Hold due to its large 75 to 80 per cent exposure to the office sector.